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  1. ravdin

    Brawl erupts at site of Jesus' tomb

    A fistfight broke out recently between a group of Orthodox Greeks and Orthodox Armenians over turf at Jesus' (alleged) tomb: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_clashing_christians I'm not one of Jesus' followers, but to my best understanding, it's rather contrary to his...
  2. Glen.Nogami

    Segregated Buses in Jersusalem

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7361060&sc=emaf I...don't know what to say, really. Also of note: Perhaps the sense of irony was surgically excised from their brains? Edit: It gets better!
  3. P

    The return of Zeus??

    I was looking forward to seeing a spirited debate about the resurrection of the ancient Greek religion which was criticised by a member of the Orthodox Church who called the adherents 'miserable resuscitators of a degenerate dead religion.' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6283907.stm is...
  4. sphenisc

    Orthodox Judaism and Evolution

    http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/featured_articles/v12n03_orthodox_judaism_and_evolution.html I'm intrigued by the two statements which are used in Figures 1 and 2, which have been denied not only by creationists, but by a number of supporters of evolution on this forum.
  5. Jeremy

    The sign of the cross and Orthodox prayer are capable of killing microbes

    Interfax Found it posted Here While scientist (so called) Angelina Malakovskaya does not seem to appear in the English half of the Internet (outside of this article), but "she shows up in quite a few number of articles, but only in Russian." I have challenged him to the Million Dollar Prize...
  6. Beleth

    EATING HAM IN THE PRESENCE OF ORTHODOX JEWS

    Okay, I capitalized the title to poke fun at the "drinking in front of children" thread, but the question is moderately serious. How do you feel about doing something you know is blatantly against the religious tenets of someone you are with? Like eating a ham sandwich in front of a devoutly...

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